HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice
Posted on the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal with a submission date of Feb. 10, 2025.
- Organization as reported
- Heartland Medical Clinic, Inc. dba Heartland Community Health Center, KS
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Feb. 10, 2025
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9446, row:585)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Heartland Medical Clinic dba Heartland Community Health Center, reported that an employee was the target of an email phishing scheme that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 43,768 individuals. The PHI involved included names, Social Security numbers, addresses, dates of birth, drivers’ license numbers, claims and financial information, diagnoses/conditions, medications, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, the affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services to the affected individuals and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards, and retrained workforce members to better protect PHI.